Production has officially started at Sumitomo Rubber South Africa’s (SRSA) state-of-the-art truck and bus radial (TBR) tyre manufacturing plant in Ladysmith. The announcement is the latest milestone in a journey of expansion and development by...
Relief is on the way to some drought-stricken areas in the country. Donations are being made by aid organisations and good samaritans. Gift of the Givers is delivering fodder to towns in the Eastern, Northern and Western Cape this week. And a group...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says the results on water samples taken for analysis from the Vaal River are still pending. The department was promoted to conduct the analysis following increasing calls of fish kills in the Vaal River,...
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has set its sights on tackling underspending by distressed and dysfunctional municipalities. As part of the department’s implementation of the recovery programme to assist...
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has appointed 81 new engineers and town planners in an effort to assist distressed municipalities to get back on track. The appointment follows a report by Auditor General...
Sandton Central, and many of its local businesses, has welcomed the implementation of the City of Johannesburg’s mandatory separation-at-source programme. With the City’s landfills fast running out of space, fast, its voluntary separation-at-source...
The South African National Roads Agency limited has signed and agreement with construction machinery supplier, Bell Equipment that will accelerate the transformation of the construction industry and open doors for black-owned and managed CIDB...
Chinese funding of energy and infrastructure projects in Africa has almost trebled between 2016 and 2017 from US$3 billion to US$8.8 billion. This is according to new research by from global law firm Baker McKenzie and IJGlobal. According to the...
The impact of Africa’s current economic status and future growth potential on infrastructure development will be deliberated during the 7th annual Infrastructure Africa Business Forum (IABF) at the Sandton Convention Centre on the 9th and 10th of...
Civil engineering, along with the rest of the construction sector, will remain in the doldrums for 2018 with hopes for some improvement to begin next year. This is according to Industry Insight senior economist David Metelerkamp. Metelerkamp, who...
